Six thousand one hundred Jews live in Nebraska with the majority concentrated in Omaha and Lincoln. The Jewish Press, Omaha’s weekly Jewish newspaper, has served Nebraska and western Iowa since 1916. The Reform Temple Israel, established downtown in 1871, moved to midtown and, in 2013, to the western suburbs, where it occupies the grounds of…
When Yuri Foreman meets Miguel Cotto in a boxing ring in right field at Yankee Stadium this June, two of New York’s largest ethnic minorities will be represented in what could be the fight of the summer. Foreman, a Russian Jew who grew up in Israel, is the defending super welterweight champion, but top billing…
In recent weeks we’ve had the prospect of watching not one but two undefeated, observant Jewish boxers in title fights. On November 14th in Las Vegas, Yuri Foreman won the WBA super welterweight championship by unanimous decision. Earlier tonight in Newcastle, England, Dimitry Salita fought Amir Khan for the WBA light welterweight belt, with a…
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